I have exciting news! I am leaving IBM October 15 to start on my own as a self-employed consultant at PHL Consult. I will work primarily with development and administration of Lotus Notes and Lotus Domino solutions.
I have been with IBM for 16 years and had almost never thought that this day would come – but I have been dreaming of working as a self-employed consultant for many years. I am very happy that I finally took the plunge and look forward to the exciting new adventure!
To quote Mark Twain:
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Wish me luck.
Congratulations man – this is great and exciting news! If I can do a thing to help, please let me know.
-Chris
I wish you the best of luck in your new endevor. As a self-employed Notes/Domino Architect with 20 years experience, the market is difficult right now as I am sure you are aware. If I can be of any assistance, please don’t hesitate to ask.
Best Regards,
Art Pufford
apufford@pufford.com
Good luck Per. That sort of move is really a big thing before you do it. I have heard from a lot of people that a year after they did such a thing they asked themselves why the had waited for such a long time.
Great for you – as Chris said if there is anything just ask
BTW I had a consulting firm named PHL my full name ( Palmi Hamiliton Lord )
Have fun that is wat its all about
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The grass grows greener and Mark Twain was 100% correct. Welcome to the outside world again.
Being self-employeed is soemthing that everyone should try at some point if for nothing else to get a taste of it. The best of luck to you!
I hope you have the time of your life (gREenDAy)
Thank you for all your kind and encouraging comments. Very much appreciated!
I wish you the best ! If you ever need some help I was a developer for Lotus Domino in the AS/400, iSeries, IBM i for around 9 years, so I know a few things, I guess, hehe.
I just saw this note. I will me sorry to see you go, but I know you will make a great consultant so maybe you will be an even more valuable to us outside IBM.
Good luck on a new consulting field and wishing you the best.
I have been doing Notes consulting since 1994 and my knowledge of Notes going back to version 2.0 (long time ago).
Hopefully the Notes demands in Europe is much more promising than in the US.
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good luck on a new consulting position! We are consulting firm in US specializing on Lotus Notes and SEO consulting.
I can only tell that Lotus Notes is becoming less and less popular here.